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54.064 - Engaging Complex Social and Scientific Issues in Informal Learning Spaces

Sun, April 30, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Floor: Fourth Floor, Texas Ballroom Salon B

Session Type: Symposium

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Educators, scientists and policy-makers are faced with the challenge of preparing current and future generations to understand and act upon complex social and scientific issues. Teaching and learning about these issues is challenging in part because it requires engaging with dynamic, multi-faceted understanding shaped by individual, social, and affective experiences. While much of the research on engaging these issues has been undertaken in formal school contexts, this symposium brings together six scholars and researchers engaged in designing and evaluating museum exhibits and other informal-learning experiences. Topics covered include war and terrorism, slavery, modern prisons and mass incarceration, climate change, and human/animal ecology.

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